Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 461

Effie came home from work to the delicious aroma drifting from the kitchen- Lyman was making dinner. She looked around in surprise. "You're back! Where's Grandma?"

Normally, Effie would have been thrilled to see Lyman home from his business trip, but the absence of her grandmother set her on edge.

A knot of worry formed in her chest. "Is Grandma feeling alright?"

Lyman wiped his hands on a dish towel. "She's just taking a bath. She said a dog chased her while she was out buying groceries, and she nearly slipped. Stepped in something filthy, so she wanted to wash up."

Effie's anxiety spiked. "Did she hurt herself? Twist her ankle or her back?"

"No, I checked her over already. She's fine."

Effie let out a sigh of relief, rolling up her sleeves as she joined him by the counter. "Let me help."

Lyman paused mid-chop and eyed her with mock suspicion. "Are you sure about that?"

His wary expression made Effie laugh. "Trust me-today's me is not yesterday's me."

her confidence. "Just be

I actually signed up for a cooking class-learned how to slice, dice, everything. I can even make

even made liver sauté for Grandma the other day. She said it was

you looked so tired every time we video-called. I thought work was wearing

knife and pulled her into a hug, resting his chin

go to all that trouble. I can always cook

"I realized something I actually like

crashed into Lyman's heart. He nodded,

word, Effie got to work and whipped up several of her best newly

but the flavors were good, far better than anything she'd

the initiative to load the dishes into the

them and waved them away. "Don't mind me, you two go

the heat rise all the way to her

go," she whispered to

hand and led her

Grandma muttering under her breath, "Absence makes the heart grow